100 episodes down, and we're a long way from being finished! This is Episode 101 of Mail Order Zombie, and this week, Brother D takes aim at two more zombie movies - 1981's Dead & Buried, directed by Gary Sherman, co-written by Dan O'Bannon; and 2009's Hillbilly Bob Zombie, written and directed by Ray Basham. The answers to this month's holiday-themed Zombie Aptitude Test are reviewed, and Miss Bren joins Brother D to dip into the emails and voicemails that have found their way to MOZ Central in this week's Feedback Discussion. (The Create-the-New-MOZ-Promo has been extended through January - listen to this episode for details on how you can win!)

The Grindhouse Film Festival in Portland, OR, showed a 35mm print of Silent Night, Deadly Night to a near-full house at the Hollywood Theatre on December 22nd. Brother D and Zombie Hunter Tony were there.

After 100 weeks in a row, Brother D and Miss Bren celebrate by presenting Mail Order Zombie #100, the Dawn of the Dead special! Brother D has seen both George A. Romero's original Dawn of the Dead and the Zach Snyder-directed remake more than once, but Miss Bren . . . ? She'd not seen either of them prior to watching them for this episode. What will happen when a zombie-movie-watching-veteran and a relative newcomer sit down for a discussion about one of the benchmarks of zombie cinema? Who will walk away alive? Who will walk away with divorce papers? Who will call in? We'll give you the answer to that last question; Mail Order Zombie received congratulatory phone calls, holiday wishes and thoughts on Dawn of the Dead from the MOZ Family and fellow podcasters, and you'll get to hear all this in MOZ #100. Brother D will also turn his critical ears toward the scores from both films, and in a special Post Script, he'll discuss the 1979 Dawn of the Dead novelization (written by George A. Romero and Susanna Sparrow). Where else are you going to hear discussion about Dawn of the Dead, taking over a shopping mall, Star Wars action figures, Stephen King, Darkman, Frank Lloyd Wright, The Evil Dead, Quarantine, Peter David, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and multiple personality disorder? Right here! (The Zombie Beat and the Feedback Discussion will be back next week.)

The Wagner/Cuban Companies' Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired US rights to George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead, the latest in the legendary and beloved series of zombie films which bowed at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals earlier this year. Romero, one of the most influential and respected horror auteurs of all time, has created a new, terrifying vision that combines viscerally gory undead action with biting social commentary and a return to the black humor and playfulness of his seminal film, Dawn of the Dead. Magnet will release the film as part of its Ultra VOD program this spring, debuting it on VOD platforms nationwide a month before its theatrical release.

Like its predecessors, George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead takes place in a desperate, nightmarish world where the dead walk the earth, relentlessly attacking the living. It is the story of Plum Island – a beautiful refuge whose isolation allows two powerful families to maintain a semblance of order in the wake of the zombie holocaust. But as the inhabitants slowly die off, the two clans become sharply divided: the O’Flynns believe that the undead must be destroyed without exception, while the Muldoons insist that afflicted loved ones be kept “alive” until a cure is found. The result is an escalating showdown with echoes of a classic Western stand-off that erupts in brutality and violence.

“George A. Romero is an undisputed cinematic legend, and we’re honored to be bringing another installment of this incredible series of films to horror fans,” said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles. “Survival... is smart, extremely fun and a worthy addition to the ...of the Dead franchise.”

Says Romero, “I’m a big admirer of the team at Magnolia. They’re creative and passionate, and I’m excited to put Survival... in their hands.”

Another episode of Mail Order Zombie brought to you by the Letter D - Brother D reviews Demon Resurrection, written and directed by William Hopkins (2009); and Dead Men Walking, written by Mike Watt and directed by Peter Mervis. We're taking answers for December's Zombie Aptitude Test, and the Create-the-Next-MOZ-Promo Contest is in full swing. We've got news with Need-a-Nickname Scott, and the shows ends with a healthy, if explicit, dose of Feedback Discussion with Miss Bren.

After weeks of pushing it back, Umberto Lenzi's Black Demons (aka Demoni 3) FINALLY gets its proper review here on Mail Order Zombie in Episode 98. Joining Black Demons is the 1961 Barry Mahon film The Dead One, aka Blood of the Zombie. Brother D dishes out the Headshot reviews, and also goes over the answers from last month's Zombie Aptitute Test (don't forget this month's ZAT!). Two contests - one MOZ-specific and one from one of our friends - are announced, and Miss Bren and Brother D hears from the MOZ Family in the Feedback Discussion.

And now a warning from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: on February 2, 2010, this land officially becomes Zombieland as the number one grossing zombie movie in history takes over the nation on Blu-ray™, DVD and PSP. Woody Harrelson (2012, Natural Born Killers), Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland, The Village), Emma Stone (The House Bunny, Superbad) and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Signs) star in this action-packed horror comedy about an unlikely band of heroes who team up to survive in a world overrun by ravenous zombies! Speaking of ravenous, Zombieland features enough outrageous laughs and terrifying thrills to satisfy the most hungry horror and comedy fans. Plus, the Blu-ray and DVD come loaded with killer bonus features fans will devour, including deleted scenes; commentary with Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg, Director Ruben Fleischer and Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick; the making-of featurettes “In Search of Zombieland,” and “Zombieland is Your Land;” visual effects progression scenes; trailers and more!

Bonus features exclusive to the Blu-ray Disc include a Digital Copy of the film for PSP®, PC and iTunes, as well as the “Beyond the Graveyard” Picture-in-Picture Track - featuring behind-the-scenes footage, storyboards, animatics and more - and movieIQ, which allows viewers to immediately access continuously updated information on the cast & crew and explore relevant trivia such as production facts and soundtrack information all tied to scenes within the movie via BD-Live™.

Don’t miss the horror comedy hit that’s had moviegoers screaming with laugher when ZOMBIELAND becomes available to own on Blu-ray for $39.95, DVD for $28.96 and UMD for $24.94.

Synopsis

Nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he’s scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, Twinkie-loving Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) has no fears. Together, they are about to stare down their most horrifying challenge yet: each other’s company. Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin co-star in this double-hitting, head-smashing comedy. Get ready to “nut up or shut up!”

Zombieland was directed by Ruben Fleischer from a script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Tarzan 2, Cruel Intentions 3) and produced by Gavin Polone (Secret Window, Panic Room). It co-stars Amber Heard (The Stepfather, Pineapple Express). It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and has a run time of approximately eighty-eight minutes. It has been rated R for horror violence/gore and language.

This is Mail Order Zombie's Thanksgiving Leftovers episode! Brother D reviews two poultry-themed zombie movies this week - Zombeak, written and directed by Sam Drog, and Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead from director Lloyd Kaufman who swings by the show for an interview in which he talks about Poultrygeist as well as the "giant conspiracy of devil-worshipping international media conglomerates." (And for the record, I HAVE read Mr. Kaufman's books! I may not enjoy all his movies, but I certainly respect the man and his fight for artistic independence . . .) The new Zombie Aptitude Test question is revealed to the MOZ Family (November's ZAT answers will be reviewed next week), and Miss Bren rounds out the show when she joins the Fedback Discussion.